Pantera, Cemetery Gates - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction
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Ups! I meant “gates” NOT “graves”, but it seems to me that Caligula’s Horse and King Diamond’s “GRAVES” songs had an impact on me :)
Here’s the link to the original song:
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The complete studio version is the one to react ,this edited version takes out like almost 3 minutes or more of an awesome guitar intro
Exactly man...we need a proper reaction
This version is a crime 😖
Well this is the version they made the most popular
@@slanderpop8771 this is the version they made for MTV, that at the time did not allow videos more than 5 minutes
isn't the intro one and a half minutes long? 🕜
Missed a great intro choosing the cut version.
Yeah she kinda chose the wrong version there.
Wrong, Wrong, wrong. RIP Dime
Yeah there's a whole minute of music and lyrics cut from the radio edit.
this
Reactors seem to choose the cut version too much. Who ever cut it up to begin with was real lame.
The high squeaks (usually called squeals) are harmonics. Part of Dimebag Darrell`s (R.I.P) signature style was dipping the whammy bar (called a tremolo arm, even though it's actually for vibrato), hitting the harmonic and then pulling up the bar, making the harmonic scream.
He probably got that from Van Halen.
It's actually called pinch harmonics
'... or up here at the 3rd frett but that one will cost ya!" - Dime R.I.P.
@@diverdown631pinch harmonics are different from dive squeals. The squeak she was referring to was pinch harmonics. But I think the comment was referring to the dive squeal
@@johncarpenter3751The dive squeals I hear in this song are nearly all initially triggered by pinch harmonies which then feed back from the amp into the pickups, thus creating infinite sustain for those dive squeals.
Yo where is the guitar intro
Yeah. This version amputated the song.
Amen. The intro adds a lot to the song
This is the single/radio/music video edit unfortunately
I am a simple man. I see Pantera, I click. Thank you for your reaction.
This is a cut version, the first 1 and half minutes was removed. The original had a wonderful gentle acoustic guitar, eerie guitar solo, and softly sung lyrics. Up until hearing this cut version, I was unaware of how much that intro really set the mood for the rest of the song. You should definitely check out the uncut version, it's 7 minutes long.
The longer version with the softer guitar intro and vocals is far superior
The call and response at the end always gets me. Hits hard every time.
Man , i like how inteligent and sophysticated some people are about music. You can tell , that this lady here has fully classical education , but you can see also how the music flows in her and she is so open minded, of different genres and anything musicaly related. And her analogies and explanations are so great and on point . Its beautiful man , it rly is. Thank you mylady for who you are , for what you do , for that you in a same boat with me , with us , with all the music fans. World deserves more teachers like you. God bless!!!
This is in the Upper Echelon of metal music; a classic, legendary song and performance. A masterpiece that perfectly blends voice and guitar into magic.
That high pitched squeal is a pinch harmonic. The note is picked and then the thumb on the picking hand is allowed to touch the string at a node so a harmonic rings out. At the same time the note is being bent with the fretting hand or the tremolo bar is being depressed to slacken the string.
I spent a lot time (back before youtube instructionals) trying to figure out how to do pinch harmonics. Finally found out you have to use a plastic pick, and here I was using nylon all this time.
I have this old Guitar World dvd where it has Dimebag telling you how to get his "squeals" but it's 100% in Drunken Dime lingo that I still don't know what he is saying. "You grab that sucker here right on the 9th pinch, then you tickle with the pinky... and yeah. lmao
This was Pantera in the puberty of their style development
Dimebag Darrell (RIP): One of the greatest and innovative metal Guitar player. What a loss was Is death! 😢
You should check some live version, Dimebag was the only Guitar up there, and Is Amazing! (Sorry for my bad written english, greetings From Sicily!)
@@arnesaknussemm7294 He really was. Some very jazzy musical ideas in his compositions while still being very metal. I was never a big fan of Pantera. The drumming and singing never really did it for me. No shade, just not my cup of tea but Dimebag was always amazing. He stood out.
"Believe the word" that this is my favorite song of all time. The vocals, the lyrics, the guitar, the drums, the tempo, the timing, this is a masterpiece of heavy metal music.
Ah, Dimebag's guitar tone... that quality you describe is because when it comes to guitar gear, Dimebag was a little different from his peers. At the time (and even today), most guitarists were running through amplifiers that use vacuum tubes as transistors, while Dime's were solid-state MOSFET transistors, which have a different tonal quality to them, and he'd set his amp EQ a little differently, with more emphasis on the bass and treble, less on the mids. Some guitarists think his tone wasn't very good, but at the same time, it's a signature sound that's easily identifiable as his. Add the "squeaky" artificial harmonics, and it's a really unique guitar sound.
And yeah, just gonna echo, you missed out on a hell of a setup with the intro by using the edited music video version. Picture the verse guitar figure with softer vocals and Queen-like guitar harmonies.
there is another full original version with a longer intro before the electric guitar ever kicks in. it’s much better. sadly most youtube reactions to this song feature this less dynamic, shorter, edited version. this version is not the one i grew up listening to on the cowboys from hell album and has no build up
The way that Dimebags guitar imitates Phil’s voice is amazing
Even after listening to Pantera for 25ish years, theres something about Dimebag's style that never click in my head until a few months ago. Watching The Fairy Voice Mother's reaction she concluded that his playing style is that of a singer more than most guitarists. Ever since hearing that, I've been hearing some of those one-in-a-million guitarists very differently
Great reaction, thanks for doing this and sharing. Dime & Vinnie, Getcha Pull, brothers \m/, RIP x
Love how you you interpreted that last part between the vocalist and the guitar.
Oh....finally! Been waiting for you to get to this song for ever
I love how you describe stuff. This song is one of the reasons I picked up the guitar and never put it down 35 or so years ago 👍👍👍👍👍
My opinion is what's happening at the end is not a competition but a comparison. Through voice, the singer expresses his pain. The height of the pitch keeps rising as does the intensity of the feelings expressed, until the sorrow can no longer be communicated (voice stops) because it's beyond human limits (it's a metaphor, the singer has reached his limit) - however, the guitar still hits an even higher note, showing that while such an extreme feeling cannot be expressed, it can still be felt.
Or an echo. Screaming into the void. But instead of it coming back softer, it reverberates and comes back stronger, as if to validate and confirm. As if Phil's mom is reaching back from beyond the grave to comfort her son.
Van Halen "Mean Street" is the one that startled you a while back. As one of my favorite songs that startled reaction moment is what got me to keep watching your channel lol
I love seeing her slowly becoming a metalhead like the most of us Love from France
A really good classic metal selection. I'm glad you found things to like and appreciate in this one. This is an example of a metal song that I think you have a chance at liking. The songs that the non-hardcore metal or some classic rock fans have heard and liked. Songs that are clearly metal, but have musical qualities that might attract non-metal fans. I typically use Metallica's "Enter Sandman" as an example of this type of metal song. The Iron Maiden "Hallowed Be Thy Name" that you did is another example. You learned about the "screechy hinge" guitar technique early in the channel, when Karl's guitar colleague Graehme demonstrated the "pinch harmonic" on his guitar. Great reaction. I really enjoyed it.
Spot on, insightful analysis. Your description of what the music.expresses is really interesting to hear.
A lot of people are talking about how this didn't include the intro and that it's a "cut version" of the song. Technically, if you listen to the wind effects added to the intro and outro, this is the MUSIC VIDEO cut of CEMETERY GATES. The original version minus intro is 5 minutes long, and the intro adds an additional 1 minute and 32 seconds of guitar, bass, and vocals. Even if you don't do an additional video covering the actual song as intended, definitely listen to it anyway. It's worth it.
What a great explanation about the guitar solo part!
Amy, I loved this reaction. You're just amazing. End of story.
WOW, talk about an ear!!!! The difference you here in Dimes tone is because at the time he was one of the few guys playing through solid state amps, Randell I believe. Back then most of his contemporaries were playing through tube amps. THAT was impressive!
The high pitches that "squeak" are "pinch harmonics". Actually, you could probably do it on the harp. On the guitar you hit the string with a pick and as it comes off the pick you immediately gently touch it with like the side of your thumb. Normally harmonics are played on a guitar by touching the string right above a fret, but since this is done below the fretboard at a different node close to the bridge, it causes a high harmonic; an up bend and/or vibrato are usually applied making it squeal even more. If you pluck a harp string in reverse (i.e., hitting it with the outside of the nail) and let the tip of your finger (the flesh part) graze it as it comes off the nail, it might work. Guitars are amplified of course, but I see no reason it can't be done on a harp string. If you try and it works, post a video! 🙂
I'm happy that you are now branching out again into lots of different artists. I'm sorry, but I couldn't be bothered to watch all of the Pink Floyd, Beatles, and Queen videos. But now I can return to your channel much more frequently again :)
You weren't missed...
To each their own.
@@bodhileaf Probably not, lol. Already enough people on the internet saying stupid things.
@@bodhileafalways a rude comment by some close minded boomer. You should be more mature by now
Yeah. I believe she started to realize that.
About "squeaky guitar sound", Dimebag was one of the first major implementers of digital/transistor distortion (via pedals, amplifiers and computer generated effects) rather than tube based distortion sound. I'm not the expert, but if simplified, I guess I told the truth. And also as a casual guitar player myself =)
As far as I remember, considering info that I read about 15-20 years ago, the difference between "more common" and "Pantera" sounds was in that "common" distortion sound has stress onto even harmonics, while "pantera" sound has stress onto uneven ones. Or vice versa =) I can't remember correctly.
But! I am a proud owner of Boss Metal Zone MT-2, and this pedal can set you up to play Pantera-alike music whatever the amplifier or any other part of the sonic chain
Thank you for your video, as always! I watch you from the one of the first of your videos, and I remember commenting right from the start, that you're gonna be huge. And you're sure are now. And future holds nothing but further growth for you.
Greetings from Ukraine
Excellent analysis and reaction, enjoyed it!
Amy, I liked this analysis as always. It's really interesting your perspective in general, because of its authenticity, originality, and a touch of a professor approach like at evaluating the piece, in the good and the bad 'news'. From Master Pieces to Not so serious ones. As much subtle as should be.
The main reason I listen to Virgin Rock and the charismatic voice
yes!
New game: Take a bong rip every time someone says it's the wrong version.
This song is epic, hope you can really enjoy the melodies and harmonies! Take care!
You're such a gem ❤ and thanks Vlad!
I learned pinch harmonics learning this song. A fender Squire that looked like a rebranded jackson with a floyd rose, tuning locks, and an emg select humbucker plus two single coils.
What you're talking about regarding Dimebag's tone/timbre is his very singular tone shape, which he got from (mostly) using solid state amp heads and various equalisers, tone conditioners to acquire the almost thin and nasal rasp behind both his rhythm and lead channels.
There's a few good 'rig rundowns' on CZcams that go into how he got his specific tone, through his effects and amp chain.
But a lot of it was in his fingertips.
The 'squeaky parts' are pinched harmonics, where the flesh of the thumb strikes the string immediately after being struck by the plectrum.
When the string is struck so lightly 'in the same stroke', you're essentially plucking the string and then the harmonic node together.
The wails he gets later at the end of the solo/call and response section, he briefly taps a harmonic node whilst pulling back on the tremolo arm and stepping on his wah wah pedal, allowing the highest frequencies to punch through.
I enjoyed your take on this song.
thanks for review of Pantera. I was wondering if you could do another King Diamond song, please.
Yes! Pantera is up there with the other Metal greats for sure. You should check out the video VH1 Behind The Music Pantera. You will laugh, you will cry, you will earn the right to wear a Pantera shirt. Ive seen Pantera many many times back in my youth. Dimebag signed my arm and drew a little logo backstage one night. I had it tattoo'd on permanent the next day. He brough a smile to everyone's face, and its interesting to see you smile when talking about his playing and sound. Apparently he is still putting smiles on everyone. RIP Dime & Vinnie
The “squeakiness” you are referring to is via a technique called Pinch Harmonics. It’s when the guitar player “pinches” the string between the pick and his finger holding the pick to strike the note. That in turn gives a harmonic quality to the note
RIP Dimebag and Vinnie
i want that guitar
One of the biggest things about Dimebag's guitar sound, that differed from most other guitarists, at the time, was that his sound had much more emphasis on the midrange, almost inverting the EQ positions used by most others.
great respect for doing this amazing track! as a metalhead I love your reactions, being that you approach it from your academic perspective as well. Dimebag was the greatest metal guitarist ever, God bless his soul.
I remember following your channel from the first or second video and I think I suggested this song to you, since it is one of the classics for any metalhead and especially for those of us who discovered Panthera as teenagers in the 90's.
I sincerely appreciate your opinion, since I am a metalhead and a music lover with an affinity for aesthetic analysis but far from being an expert in music.
I want to listen the cemetary gates intro on harp!!!!
Hopefully a harp with all it's strings working...
This is their best song for non fans of metal. This many years later it still gives me goosebumps. Everything else they do is great, but its just chugging metal riffs and awesome dimebag solo's. If you listen to more we will watch, but dont expect anything else to come close to this. The thing with metal is it's always typical time signatures and song structure. It wasnt until the mid to late 00's that pretentious types had to be different. The 1st metal band to really do that came earlier, named meshuggah. And tool had been around since the early 90's but back in the day, most considered them alternative rock.
Darrell Abbott's guitar tone was absolutely squeaky like a wagon wheel. It has that country twang to it
Ohhhh yes... it's like the Renaissance era music in a lot of ways. 😅
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Dimebag was the master of pinch harmonics and artificial harmonics. Adding to the quality of his tone. Add his use of the Hendrix wah-wah pedal and he creates the "bad pony squeal" using the whammy bar. Finally, using his Floyd Rose tremolo, ends the song with major dive bombs on the strings. Bottoming out the stings with total slack. Beautiful!
The guitars in Pantera are so unique. The heavy, sludgy palm muting drives the groove and DImebag's solo guitar, overdrive/high gain causes almost constant harmonics (either pinch for natural). Love these guys
the reason for the guitar sound is because they used scooped mids...they turn up the treble and bass then reduce the mids which is where most of the sound is on a guitar so it sounds thinner.
Totally distracted by the 2 broken strings on your harp 🧐😂
Hello from Texas! We like Texas jokes too.
Rock rock!
Harmonic pitch was a common technique for 80s-90's metal guitarists, and I love that this technique is still used today.
I just found your channel recently and I am really enjoying the reactions and analysis you provide. I love Hard Rock/Metal and would love for you to react to some more Pantera and other bands.
My favorite Pantera songs are "5 Minutes Alone" "This Love" and "I'm Broken"
I think you would really enjoy Judas Priest. Rob Halford is an AMAZING vocalist for a metal band. "Victim of Changes" "The Hellion/Electric Eye" and "Painkiller" would get you going!
Thank you.
Those "squeaky sounds" are called pinched harmonics (artificial harmonics), created by touching the side of thumb or finger that holds the pick when the string is attacked as opposed to natural harmonics which are found by slightly touching the string above the fret and attacked with pick causing a ringing sound from the string.
Both can be found up and down the guitar neck and strings.
I like the frank breakdown, sums it up something accurate.
Maybe a "power ballad" weekend is in order?
And to Vlad, please stop using the music videos for audio as they often are editied or has sound effects.
Just use the album version that is more than often available on YT.
The base riff foreshadows the ending. It attempts to portray an uplifting, as do the lyrics, but in the end, the singer is consumed by the emotion he is experiencing. It betrays the words he's spoken as an attempt to overcome the grief of a massive loss, and in the end is unable to do so.
Getcha Pull🤘RIP Dime
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That squeaky sound is sometimes Dimebag grabbing a pinch harmonic. I love that squeal.
The intro is missing, one of the best of all time. Was lucky to open for them one time on this tour. Magic!
Happy 4TH.
First there was Trash Metal... and now we have Sheet Metal... and I'm here for it!
If you consider the "tone is in the fingers" angle, that sound you're trying to describe about the guitar tone has everything to do with the fact that Darryl Abbott's natural use of pinch harmonics were quick, sure handed, and something he was very well renown for. I'm sorry about the run-on sentence, but I had one of those "I KNOW THE ANSWER!!!"-type moments. I'm from Dallas (of all places), and I'm still not much of a Pantera fan, but credit is definitely due.
Ahh, the times as Phil Anselmo had great voice with a little gravel in it....later he had great gravel with a little voice in it....
Texas, the ONE Star state
"Get a pull of this!" R.I.P. the Legend.
That's called an artificial or pinch harmonic. You make it by hitting the string with your thumb at the same time as the pick. A natural harmonic is made by lightly touching the strings, over a fret, with the fretting hand.
at the end , the guitar is the spirit of the deceased
May is suggest "children of the grave" by black sabbath
Sadly you choose the short version cutted to fit radio. The original (long version) is just above 7 minutes and starts with multiple guitars (including at least one aucustic) and piano. The intro before your version starts is no less than 1.32 long and include the first singing line and a short guitar solo.
But I 'm very happy you're reacting to this and you're doing great.
The ''squeak'' you are referring to is a technique called ''pinch harmonic''. Basically, the guitarist uses its thumb to slightly touch the string after plucking it, resulting in the string....euh.... squeaking..
May I recommend to you Seven Spires - Architect of creation from their fourth album that was released two weeks ago.
It is symphonic metal with an incredible vocal performance by the singer, she has a truly massive range from gutturals to cleans & much more. The bass performance is also outstanding in this particular song as well.
I think you will enjoy the orchestral addition to this style of metal a great deal.
Hope to see you do more pantera as time goes on, their catalog is quite diverse and dark, Suicide Note pt1&2, some of my favs. What happened to the strings on your harp?
That's why it's so hot here. 😂😂😂Love, Texas
Looking forward to hearing 60's and 70's Classic Rock again. Might I suggest "Aja" by Steely Dan, insane chords and musicianship.
This song is loosely based on a real life event that involved a suicide pact that only one person committed to. The call and response at the end is a person calling out to the other person and getting a crying, screaming response back. In the Southern USA, an old superstition was that if you drove by a graveyard in your car with the windows down or doors unlocked, it would invite spiritual attachments or ghostly "hitchhikers"... This song is someone allowing themselves to open up to that attachment because of guilt surrounding the situation and need to communicate with the other person
they do 'planet caravan' better than black sabbath imo and many others, btw in case you dont get it, texas can be a bit rusty wagon in old barns or whatever, it made sense to me straight away squeaky swings squeaky wheels etc.. this is a story, also notice his wonderful voice. Pantera is much like Metallica in that they go beyond normal metal, they are more creative than the normal band and so it breaks through into the mainstream.
Have you done a video on Fleetwood Mac yet? Vlad, you've covered lots of the newer relatively unknown bands. You've done a ton heavy metal. How about giving Amy something everyone loves!
A band that I think that you'd really enjoy is Fates Warning. They are one of the founding bands of the Progressive Metal genre. For a longer video, you could do the entire "The Ivory Gates of Dreams", or its individual parts for shorter videos.
Missed the stellar intro lol
And I got a good chuckle out of you trying to describe the noise of a distorted pinch harmonic 😂
It's cool to see someone from 1929 teleport themselves in a time machine to 2024 to experience a heavy metal song released 34 years ago.😊
20 mins first reaction? I thought there would be more!
It's a pity that you didin't react to thr full (album) version of this song, only the part edtied for the music video.
You lost a great intro, the first verse and first solo.
Either way, great song.
Regards!
Dime loves those triplets. Trips the shredders up a bit lol.
Of all the awe inspiring beauty in this world all Pantera can talk about is cemetaries.
It’s a song about remembering the pain of love lost in youth. The big refrain, “I will unlock my door and pass the cemetery gates” line refers to the superstition of locking your car doors driving past a cemetery, or else a spirit might enter and follow you home.
He is saying he will unlock his door intentionally as he drives by the cemetery remembering, in the hope that the spirit of the beloved would accompany him…
the "squeek" is I believe caled " Pinch Harmonix"
Well, it's decided I'm not too fond of metal or any of the genre. But I like your analysis and your commentaries. So I hear you and enjoyed.
Sabbath might be able to change your mind
You might enjoy some early Judas Priest like "Sad Wings of Destiny".
@@mkpleco Hi, thank you for the suggestion. I've tried and I found a bit better. But the songs I liked a little were far from the metal aesthetic (Dreamer Deceiver, Prelude). I wouldn't say I like the general operatic drama of the singer and the instruments in general. It's too much for me. But thank you.
@@ppaulisdeadd5879 Thank you for your suggestion. I know some Sabbath and I didn't like what I heard either.
@@netuno60You don't like metal eh? You need something to ease you in. I suggest Blasphemion by Infant Annihilator.
Been waiting 4this,unfun fact the lead guitarist dime bag Darrell was shot on stage during a show also he said he used a beer can to do some slide work on guitar that he could never replicate perhaps because of the amount of beer???
Realistically, Pantera is more than likely that the baddest MF’s to ever do it!!
The "squeaky part" are chirpped harmonics through the riff.